ExclusiveBach: Himmelskönig, sei willkommen (King of heaven, welcome), BWV 182 - Complete Performance

【Classical music and nature 古典音樂小站】Johann Sebastian Bach: Himmelskönig, sei willkommen (King of heaven, welcome), BWV 182 - Complete Performance. This beautiful piece was played by The German Bach Soloists. It has Creative Commons license (CC BY 3.0 DEED Attribution 3.0 Unported) and is provided through www.musopen.org.

The cantata BWV 182 "Himmelskönig, sei willkommen" was composed for Palm Sunday 1714 as the first composition after Johann Sebastian Bach's appointment as concertmaster at the Weimar court.

"It was therefore only appropriate for him to present himself as composer, concertmaster and solo violinist at the same time in the performance of his first cantata under new conditions. The leading role of the concertante violin in the first movement [...] is unmistakable from the very first bar; the same applies to the first aria (No. 4)"
- Christoph Wolff: Johann Sebastian Bach. 2nd edition. 2007

Lyrics:

Chorus [S, A, T, B]
Flauto, Violino, Viola I/II, Violoncello, Continuo

King of heaven, welcome,
let us also be your Zion !
Come within,
You have taken our hearts from us.

3
Recitative [Bass]
Continuo e Violoncello

See , I come, in the book it is written of me: your will , my God, I do gladly.

4
Aria [Bass]
Violino, Viola I/II, Continuo

Mighty love
by which you, great Son of God,
from the throne
of your glory were driven
so that for the salvation of the world
you presented yourself as a sacrifice
and with blood you signed away yourself.

5
Aria [Alto]
Flauto solo, Continuo

Put yourselves beneath the Saviour,
you hearts, who are Christian!
Wear an unspotted robe
of your faith to meet him,
Body and life and possessions
now dedicate to the king.

6
Aria [Tenor]
Continuo e Violoncello

Jesus, through weal and woe
let me go with you!
If the world cries only "Crucify ",
do not let me flee
Lord, from the banner of your cross;
I find crown and palms here.

7
Chorale [S, A, T, B]
Flauto, Violino, Viola I/II, Violoncello, Continuo

Jesus, your passion
is for me pure joy,
your wounds, crown and shame
are my heart's pasture;
My soul walks on roses
if I think on this,
in heaven a place
for this reason grant to us.

8
Chorus [S, A, T, B]
Flauto, Violino, Viola I/II, Violoncello, Continuo

So let us go in the Salem of joy,
accompany the king in love and in sorrows
he goes before
and opens the way.

The video was captured by Simone Schlegel and edited by Wenjing Ma.






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